Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has commended the efforts of the Lagos State Chapter of the National Association of Microfinance Banks, NAMBLag, in partnership with Buklamd Global Ventures, BGV, Nigeria Limited, to enhance the preparation of MFBs for enhanced bank examination.

The Minister was on yet another inspection tour of the work being done on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project – which as everybody now knows has missed so many deadlines promised for its launching by the Federal Government. In another example of the con games they play with Nigerians, the Vice President visited the project during the campaigns and after being driven through a hastily prepared portion of the railway line promised Nigerians that the line would be inaugurated before the elections.

A 44-year-old man, Kabiru Oke, and his 19-year-old son, Oke Faruq, have been arraigned in court for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager, who lived with them at 1, Olatikupo Street, Egbeda, Lagos.

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said the Federal Government has revitalised over 4,000 Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs, across the country from 2015 to date.

THE proposed listing of MTN, privatisation of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the remaining power sector privatisation will attract more participation of investors in the capital market and thus enhance financial inclusion in the country, former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Shamshudeen Usman has said.